Accountability NOW, Bond in November

GRPS Board of Education

GRPS Board of Education needs to act NOW!

The Problem

Year after year GRPS loses students and staff.

The Eureka Group was contracted to engage parents, teachers, and students in creating a plan for a brighter future for the district. What they found was alarming.

They delivered the report to GRPS on July 27th with a warning: Your house is on fire! Access the full Eureka Report here.

  • Executive leadership is disconnected to the experience inside school buildings and students, parents/caregivers, and teachers feel ignored and excluded from decisions that could improve their experience with the district.
  • Bus service is unreliable, food quality is poor, and student and staff's mental health is suffering. Schools are understaffed, especially neighborhood schools, and concerns on the health and safety inside buildings is persistent.

The Solution

GRPS needs the no-tax increase to pass in November. But we also need the Board of Education to take action NOW.

After many conversations with GRPS parents, teachers, and students UCC is creating a petition to show the strong support across our community to take action NOW:

1. We call upon the Board of Education to create a 30/60/90 day evaluation plan on the key issues we lifted up last May and that have been renamed in the Eureka Report.

2. We call upon the Board of Education to make immediate investments through an amended budget in October to address bus service reliability, food quality, mental health, air quality, and teacher compensation in the 2023-2024 school year.

The time to act is now, not after November.

!La Junta Directiva de Educación de GRPS debe realizar cambios HOY!

El Problema

Año tras año, GRPS pierde estudiantes y personal. El Grupo Eureka fue contratado para involucrar a padres, maestros y estudiantes en la creación de un plan para un futuro más brillante para el distrito. Lo que encontraron fue alarmante. Entregaron el informe a GRPS con una advertencia: ¡Su casa está en llamas!

Accede al informe completo de Eureka aquí.

El liderazgo ejecutivo está desconectado de la experiencia dentro de los edificios escolares, y los estudiantes, padres/cuidadores y maestros se sienten ignorados y excluidos de decisiones que podrían mejorar su experiencia con el distrito.

El servicio de autobús es poco confiable, la calidad de la comida es deficiente, y la salud mental de estudiantes y personal está sufriendo.

Las escuelas no están apropiadamente atendidas, especialmente las escuelas del vecindario, y persisten las preocupaciones sobre la salud y seguridad dentro de los edificios.

La Solución

Lo que GRPS necesita es que el aumento de impuestos no se apruebe en noviembre. Pero también necesitamos que la Junta de Educación tome medidas AHORA.

Después de muchas conversaciones con padres, maestros y estudiantes de GRPS, UCC está creando una petición para mostrar el sólido apoyo en nuestra comunidad para tomar medidas AHORA:

  • Pedimos a la Junta de Educación que cree un plan de evaluación de 30/60/90 días sobre los problemas clave que señalamos en mayo pasado y que han sido mencionados en el Informe Eureka.

  • Pedimos a la Junta de Educación que realice inversiones inmediatas a través de un presupuesto modificado en octubre para abordar la confiabilidad del servicio de autobús, la calidad de la comida, la salud mental, la calidad del aire y la compensación de los maestros en el año escolar 2023-2024.

El momento de actuar es ahora, no después de noviembre.




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To: GRPS Board of Education
From: [Your Name]

I support the bond proposal in November, but our district needs change now.

Year after year GRPS has seen drops in enrollment and staff.

The Eureka Group was contracted to engage parents, teachers, and students in the strategic plan. What they found was alarming. They delivered the report to GRPS with a warning: Your house is on fire!

Bus service is unreliable, food quality is poor, and student and staff's mental health is suffering. Schools are understaffed, especially neighborhood schools, and concerns on the health and safety inside buildings is persistent.

GRPS needs the no-tax increase to pass in November. But we also need the Board of Education to take action NOW.

I stand in solidarity with fellow parents/caregivers, students, teachers, and the Urban Core Collective to demand the Board of Education takes action now by:

1. Creating a 30/60/90 day evaluation plan ​on the key issues parents, students, and community members lifted up last May​ and that have been renamed in the Eureka Report.

2. Making immediate investments through an amended budget in October to address bus service reliability, food quality, mental health, air quality, and teacher compensation in the 2023-2024 school year.

The time to act is now, not after November.